Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CHAMBER MUSIC: 18, by JAMES JOYCE


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CHAMBER MUSIC: 18, by                 Poet's Biography
First Line: O sweetheart, hear you
Last Line: Shall have rest.
Subject(s): Friendship; Disappointment; Consolation; Desire


O Sweetheart, hear you

Your lover's tale;

A man shall have sorrow

When friends him fail.



For he shall know then

Friends be untrue

And a little ashes

Their words come to.





But one unto him

Will softly move

And softly woo him

In ways of love.





His hand is under

Her smooth round breast;

So he who has sorrow

Shall have rest.





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